the unsung heroines of sports history

In 1981, Linda
"Hawkeye" Page, of Dobbins, smashed Wilt Chamberlain's
26-year-old record for most points scored in a game by a city-leagues
basketball player. In 2010, she wrote a book titled "Love, Pain &
Passion - The Heart of a Champion," in which she detailed her
basketball and personal life. These words appeared on the back cover:
"Mine is a story unlike any other. It is an amazing and heart breaking
story about love, triumphs, disappointments and resiliency. It is about a
young girl from Philadelphia who fell in love with basketball and had a
vision. She shattered the basketball record books, bruised many egos and
seized the country's consciousness." A retired juvenile probation
officer, Page had worked recently in children's services. She also directed
shooting clinics and maintained a website,http://ift.tt/22Fn5IB her book,
referring to the clinics, Page wrote, "Each kid that I train - when they
smile, it lights up the sky. (Sadly Linda passed away in 2011 of a heart
attack) - TED SILARY#theunsungheroines